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OK, I didn't come across that page but, and it's a big BUT, please explain where I find the function GetDialogBaseUnits, and I'm willing to bet it isn't a function that BasicMaker recognizes! That is exactly the problem I found in all the articles - " all you have to do is use XYZ() function to...

The discussions of the dialog units and a function to compute it are written in C++. These functions need to be provided by BasicMaker - either that or, built in to the dialog function is the conversion. In other words, the width and height of the desired dialog box would still be provided by the us...

Actually, what I need is a set of functions, in Softmaker BasicMaker, so that I can make use of this information. If SoftMaker uses these units, then Softmaker needs to provide the functions required to use them. When, as you suggested, I Google "Windows dialog box units", I get tons of in...

Hello Martin: I have now found some sources for dialog units. Before today I had never heard of them! As one source warned, I was using a pixel-based editor. Would it be reasonable, in view of the large number of hours I wasted trying to create a number of dialog boxes based upon an incorrect BasicM...

Hello, again:
Thank you for the information; however, the discussion at the link you provided mentions a document "Windows Interface Language" help file. I can find no reference to that help file and I think I need that help file to make sense of the document. Can you help?

Hello: Thank you for replying but please explain the term "Dialog Units" and how in the world it's of any use to me. In order to get a dialog box to the size I want it to be, I have to get the correct value by trial and error, sometimes a very lengthy process. I would also appreciate an ex...

Hello, SoftMaker: I would like to make a suggestion for an enhancement to BasicMaker, or more specifically, to the definition of the Dialog Box. The current definition of the Dialog Box includes: Begin Dialog CheckList 200, 200, 237, 200, "Name" Text 25, 100, 150, 25, "To start over, ...

Hello:
This is likely to be a very simple question to answer but I have searched through the BM Manual and, for the life of me, I cannot find out how to set the active sheet (or change it) once I have opened a spreadsheet file with multiple sheets.
Your assistance is much appreciated!

Sparky

Hello: I have just started using BasicMaker and, almost immediately, I have found a problem that I cannot fix and I am hoping someone can set me straight. First, let me provide a couple of statements from the manual: The definitions: Begin Dialog DialogName [X, Y,] Width, Height, Next, the definitio...

Hello, SuperTech:

Than you for that pointer. I would never have looked there. Those examples give me an idea of how to structure a program although I am somewhat surprised that every program I've seen starts with a subroutine: Sub XX()!

Thanks again.

Sparky

Hello: I have just started looking at BasicMaker & PlanMaker to automate a simulator checklist system for Microsoft Simulator 2020 but I am having trouble getting started. I have looked over the lists of functions and all the other things in the User Guide, but nothing beats an example program t...

Hello: I have the following problem. I have shortened for ease: 1. First item. 2. Second item. xxxxxa. First sub-item. x = space. xxxxxb. Second sub-item 3. Third item. xxxxxa. First sub-item. xxxxxb. Second sub-item. 4. Fourth item. xxxxxc. Here is where it fails. It should be a., not c. I have tri...